Patents Examined by Tiffany N Tucker
  • Optical sensor and electronic device
    Patent number: 11327160
    Abstract: A TOF sensor includes: a light-emitting element that emits light in accordance with reference pulses; a first light-receiving unit that outputs pulses in response to light incident thereon; a first digital computation unit that calculates the number of third output pulses of the first light-receiving unit in response to reflected light incident thereon; and a distance computation unit that calculates the distance from this device to the object if the number of third output pulses is greater than a first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki Sato
  • Phase emulator for a time-of-flight (ToF) device
    Patent number: 11275176
    Abstract: An example time-of-flight device may include an emitter component configured to emit a plurality of modulated signals toward an object during a transmission window, wherein the plurality of modulated signals emitted during the transmission window are to be used to determine a single distance measurement associated with the object and the time-of-flight device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Markus Dielacher, Martin Flatscher, Stefan Gansinger, Robert Lobnik